Day 8

July 2
Well, we didn't start community service today. Turns out the people who were supposed to help organize the project were not yet ready for us. We should start the project either Wednesday or Thursday. The sooner, the better. I can't wait to start the service project! I still don't quite know what it is, but I'm excited all the same.
Despite that small disappointment, today went very well! I woke up early to meet my friends before heading over to the kgotla. I took a bath this morning! It was very funny. I was given a small bucket of boiling water. This was poured into a bathtub. The water didn't even cover the entire floor. I was told that I could also turn on the water from the faucets. I turned on the cold to find freezing water. I quickly shut it off and turned on the hot tab to find slightly less than freezing water. I had to crouch in an inch of lukewarm bath water without a washcloth (mine was missing) and try to clean myself. I'm sure I looked ridiculous.

My bathtub

 We had our Setswana lesson with Banki outside today. It went well. I think I'm picking up on it quickly! I came back for a delicious lunch, and I left as soon as I saw them choose my dinner. I saw them walking into a shed holding a koko (chicken), and I ran away. Hahaha!
For our afternoon activity, Louie and Carson split us into groups of 2 to go make maps of the assets of the village. We got lost, hot, thirsty, and tired, so once we had a few landmarks down, Sarah, Amelia, Shane, and I stopped to take pictures with cows and on hills. It was a lot of fun. A lot more fun than mapping the entire village! Hahaha!

Cows!

Dinner was, you guessed it! Chicken. Surprisingly, I was able to eat it right up! It was served with what they call a dumpling, but quite different from home. This was just fluffy bread. Ahh-mazing. Served with some spiced cabbage, I was in heaven. After dinner, we watched Generations, a really popular South African soap opera. It was so over dramatic I was laughing when I really should have been crying. Hahaha!
Bobo, Carol, and Orobah went back to Gaborone today. I was very sad because I know the names of even fewer people now! Oh well. Hakuna Matata! :) I wonder what tomorrow will bring.